Our beloved Shepherd (Pastol in Pilipino) asked me if I like the book of Philippians. I nodded and he added - after I said I'm Phil from the Philippines - "So now you're Phil from the Philippines who love Philippians!" That kind of light humor with a purpose reminded me to reread Philippians and to remember: "Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you've continued ... believing and proclaiming God's Message from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears."(Chap1:3-6 Msg)